Word: locals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...peculiar social and physical conditions in the Southern States must be taken into account in considering the illiteracy there and the best remedy for it. (b) Legislation in regard to education, to be effective, must be local, not national; and it must be supported by public opinion...
...carried into effect it was supposed that a woman would be entitled to the same privileges as the other members of the University. This has been the case in every instance but one-that of pecuniary aid. Now recently, a movement has been started by the New York Local Committee attempting to raise a scholarship to help women through Harvard. Although the income of the amount proposed will be small, it will prove of incalculable benefit, helping deserving students, raising the standard of study in private schools, and increasing the attendance in the Annex. Much praise...
...York Local Committee on Harvard Examinations for Women desires to raise a scholarship of $6,000, the interest of which shall be applied toward defraying the college expenses of whatever candidate the authorities at Harvard College shall find to have passed the best examination among the women who presented themselves in that year in New York...
...This tax ought not to be repealed. (a) It is the most equitable tax that we have; (b) it falls directly on the consumer and therefore is not local; (c) it is easy to collect; (d) produces no hardship; and (c) its repeal is not demanded by the consumer...
...interesting. Harvard's attitude in conferring the degree on the people's president is freely ridiculed and a vivid picture is given of the scene in University Hall, where the grand farce was enacted. The article is in Mr. Schouler's best style and is a valuable contribution to local Harvard history...